1. Unless he or she is entitled to licensure under NRS 640.120, 640.145 or 640.146, a person who desires to be licensed as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant must:
(a) Apply to the Board, in the form prescribed by the Board;
(b) Include in the application evidence, under oath, satisfactory to the Board, that the person possesses the qualifications required by NRS 640.080 or 640.092, as applicable, other than having passed the examination;
(c) Pay to the Board at the time of filing the application a fee set by a regulation of the Board in an amount not to exceed $300 for a license as a physical therapist or $200 for a license as a physical therapist assistant;
(d) Submit to the Board with the application a complete set of fingerprints which the Board may forward to the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for its report;
(e) Submit other documentation and proof the Board may require; and
(f) Submit all other information required to complete the application.
2. If an applicant submits an application for a license by endorsement pursuant to NRS 640.146, the Board shall collect not more than one-half of the fee specified in paragraph (c) of subsection 1 for the initial issuance of the license.
[6:364:1955]—(NRS A 1957, 77; 1967, 858; 1971, 1126; 1981, 935; 1989, 1576; 1997, 2150; 2003, 2861; 2005, 2751, 2807; 2015, 3023, 3901; 2017, 1583)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 640 - Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants and Physical Therapist Technicians
NRS 640.013 - "Board" defined.
NRS 640.014 - "Dry needling" defined.
NRS 640.016 - "Immediate supervision" defined.
NRS 640.021 - "Physical therapist" defined.
NRS 640.0213 - "Physical therapist assistant" defined.
NRS 640.0216 - "Physical therapist technician" defined.
NRS 640.022 - "Physical therapy" defined.
NRS 640.024 - "Practice of physical therapy" defined.
NRS 640.026 - "Supervising physical therapist" defined.
NRS 640.029 - Applicability of chapter.
NRS 640.035 - Election of officers.
NRS 640.050 - Powers and duties; regulations.
NRS 640.055 - Appointment of advisory members; term; duties.
NRS 640.060 - Approval of schools or program of physical therapy.
NRS 640.075 - Confidentiality of certain records of the Board; exceptions.
NRS 640.080 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure as physical therapist.
NRS 640.092 - Qualifications of applicant for licensure as physical therapist assistant.
NRS 640.093 - Requirements for program of professional education for physical therapist assistant.
NRS 640.145 - Expedited license by endorsement: Requirements; procedure for issuance.
NRS 640.160 - Authorized actions; grounds.
NRS 640.161 - Complaint: Filing; contents; review by Board; retention.
NRS 640.164 - Fees and mileage for witness.
NRS 640.169 - Unlawful to practice physical therapy without license; exceptions; penalties.
NRS 640.1695 - Practicing or offering to practice without license: Reporting requirements of Board.
NRS 640.180 - False oath or affirmation; fraudulent representation to obtain license; penalty.
NRS 640.190 - Restriction on practice of other forms of healing.
NRS 640.195 - Limitation on insertion of same needle during dry needling.